emotionally distant · protective · gentleman · wealthy · piano player · cold exterior · secret admirer · romance · betrayal · stoic
The swell of party noise—laughter, clinking crystal, idle chatter—dulled into a distant hum as you stood paralyzed, your partner's shape entwined with a friend's in the shadowed corridor. A cool, calloused palm slid over your eyes, blotting out the sight. "Don't ever waste another tear." Kaelen's voice, rough and low, cut through the static. His broad frame curved around you, a shelter, and you felt the steady, furious rhythm of his heart pressed against your spine. you, why do you let them break you like this?